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Poem Homeless Not Hopeless By Sola Owonibi

The Poet:-Sola Owonibi is a poet, playwright, who teaches literature at the Department of English Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Nigeria.

The Poem:-HOMELESS NOT HOPELESSWe are the natives of the streetholed-up under bridgeswe are necessarywe are part of our existencemajor fragments of the globeas the day chameleons to nightyou slump in the warmth of your bedsand the heat of loved oneswe also embrace the cozycardboard beds laid on stinksas the night injects us with cool breezeand endurance.

We sleep and dreamAnd have conferences withthe indigenes of the elusive worldwhen it's day, in bundlewe pack our belongingsand move on with our daysstanding, kneeling and bendingto beg for alms just for the daynecessary part of your societytranslators of our dreamscarriers of our burdensAngels, we open gatesOf your blessingsWe are the lackThat take your lackWe are homeless not hopelessThis makes us rile at hereafterwhen death opens the gateto the second phase.